Notes

Thierno Barry played at cultural evenings and at the Alliance Franco/Senegal in Zichuinchor, Senegal. He wanted more, however, so he started an adventurous journey, alone with his guitar. He moved to Abéné, were one day he met René Nieuwenstein who arranged a release of his group Salam on the netlabel WM recordings and invited him to visit The Netherlands. These recordings where made during a live radio broadcast (except track 7 which was recorded afterwards at René Rikkers' house) where local musicans which had never played with one another, neither with Thierno Barry. There was a small hour to get to know each other and to agree on what songs to play. There were only a few common French words to communicate with, so we tried to communicate in a musical way, although in the small studio it was very difficult to hear each other's instrument while all were playing. Yet every participant felt that something very special was happening here.

In "Sant" Thierno (solo) thanks all his friends that helped him in his life. The recording starts off in limited mono quality (recorded from transmission), for the seperate stereo-mic was switched on a little late.

Track two is an improvisation, that took place during another item in the show, i.o.w. this was not broadcasted.

The house of the rising sun. This also starts in mono and continues in stereo half-way.

"Kairo" means: peace! Thierno describes in this song all the countries of Africa that are at war one way or another, the attacks in Europe and the wars all over the world. He urges people to get real and return to civilization.

"Sama-way" is dedicated to a few very special people he has met in The Netherlands.

"Sant-reprise" is recorded right after the show. René was so enthusiastic that he invited Thierno to do another recording at home as a demo to promote Thierno's music.